About
The Center for Executive Succession (CES) is a first-of-its-kind corporate/academic partnership dedicated to advancing how organizations identify, develop, and transition their top leaders. By pairing world-class faculty research with direct access to the executives navigating these decisions, CES produces cutting-edge insight into one of the most consequential—and least understood—challenges facing modern companies.
The corporate/academic collaboration between CES and its partner companies will generate credible, unique and unbiased knowledge to further the effectiveness of executive succession practices in firms. CES research will be empirically driven and designed to challenge the status quo, with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of executive succession decisions and outcomes.
To be the objective source of knowledge about the issues, challenges, and best practices regarding C-suite succession. CES focuses on advancing the identification, development, selection, and transition of board and executive talent.
Advisory Board
Senior HR executives from partner organizations who lend their experience and strategic counsel to shape CES research and programs.
Advisory BoardCorporate Partners
World-class organizations that invest in CES research and programming — gaining exclusive access to research, events, and the Talent Leaders Network.
Corporate PartnersDirectors Council
Board directors and governance leaders who contribute their perspective on CEO succession, board dynamics, and leadership transitions at the highest level.
Directors CouncilLeadership Legacy Award
Honoring CEOs who have built a lasting legacy of leadership talent while delivering strong financial, reputational, and social performance.
Leadership Legacy AwardCES Faculty & Staff
World-class researchers dedicated to advancing the science and practice of executive succession through rigorous, empirically-driven scholarship and meaningful corporate partnerships.
Anthony Nyberg
Faculty Director, Center for Executive Succession J. Henry Fellers Professor of Management
Donald J. Schepker
Research Director, Center for Executive Succession Associate Professor
Adam Steinbach
Academic Research Director, Center for Executive Succession Associate Professor and Ph.D. Program Coordinator
